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Friday, February 20, 2015

Publishing Curveballs - Musa Publishing Closes Its Doors

Just when I think I have my ducks in a row and have a good
publishing plan for the next six months, someone shakes the snow globe of the
publishing world, and I’m floating aimlessly around with hundreds of other
snowflakes of authors—all of us unique, yet the same, on our seemingly random
publishing trajectory.

I learned today that Musa Publishing will be closing its doors
in one week (on February 28, 2015). All books will be pulled down from vendors,
and all rights will revert to authors. Musa has been nothing but aboveboard
with its authors from the beginning. All royalties have been paid on time and
with wonderful financial transparency.

Today feels like a funeral for a friend who has unexpectedly
passed away. I didn’t see this coming. Musa was not only my first digital
publisher but also the home of my most recent releases. I had a new release in
the Wiccan Haus series on January 2nd (Loving the Amnesia Bride), and I had pulled a self-published book (Haley’s Man) to bring it under Musa’s
erotica imprint, where it just released on January 30th and is still
on a new release blog tour. I even completely rewrote and revised my very first
Musa book, and I was so excited to sign a contract to re-release it this coming
August.

Despite the sadness, frustration and uncertainty, Musa’s
closing presents opportunities for my books to find new homes where they will
be well-loved and reach new readers. I am confident A Man Worth Fighting For, Psychic
Lies, and Loving the Amnesia Bride
will find a new home soon. If you want to read Mr. Forever, Zane’s Art, Wyatt’s Guilt, or Haley’s Man, get them this week or be prepared to wait for a while
I corral those darn ducks back into a row!

By the way, if you want a great deal, you can find
all my Musa titles and all other Musa Publishing books for 80% off through the
Musa Publishing website.

2 comments:

Oh Tina, I am too, but I'm so glad the owners had the business sense, professionalism and guts to shut down before we all went down together. They're good people, and good karma will come back around. :)

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